Announcements Oct 22nd Day of Protest against police brutality March from Mayor’s Office at 1 pm ending at the ABQ Police Department on 4th and Roma NW, for a candlelight vigil to begin at dusk. Contact: Vecinos United // (505) 712-5837 // vecinosunited@gmail.com Oscar Olivera Foronda of Cochabamba, Bolivia spoke about (un)Occupy as an example […]
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Thursday Oct. 11th GA
Announcements 6 people in attendance. (Two other events happening tonight: Amy Goodman speaking at UNM Cont. Ed. Some other people are at the FIRE awards tonight, downtown. The awards are for educators doing social justice work. Chris, a UNM grad student, and ally, will be receiving one. Also, some thing about politicians bickering live on […]
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GA Notes 9/20
(Un)Occupy Abq General Assembly Minutes Sept. 20, 2012 Six people gathered at Yale Park (including John—welcome back!) The only agenda item was working on the 1st anniversary party, scheduled for Sat Sept 29th. Advertising: A copy of the flyer, made by Tina, was reviewed and consensed on. Everyone liked the design. But we also want […]
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September 6th GA
12 people attended. The GA started in Yale Park and then moved to the UNM SUB so that people could participate in an action in support of Bradley Manning during the showing of the DNC convention speeches. Announcements: Sat Sept 8th, 2pm Demetria Martinez will read from her book at the National Hispanic Cultural Center: […]
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August 30th GA
(Note: Right before the GA, the APD were violent towards 2 people at Winning’s. Plainclothes cops wearing black balaclava masks showing only their eyes, drew pistols on 2 people sitting outside Winning’s. One cop put his pistol to the head of a man and the other threw down a woman on the sidewalk threatening to […]
August 19th GA
Foreclosure We are preparing a petition to end foreclose proceedings on Pam’s house this week. We discussed various tactics to respond to a possible sheriff visit. Pam is filing a criminal complaint against the banks involved. We discussed asking community groups and local elected officials to support Pam. We discussed a courthouse action with the […]
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General Assembly 8/2/2012
Facilitator-Maria Notes- Summer Present- 8 5:30pm Kiss-In at Chick-Fil-A at Montgomery & San Mateo August 3, 2012 LANL Action: Starts at 7am on Monday, August 6. Bring cardboard, sheets, duct tape, etc. Nuke Free Now Weekend Events: Friday event artshow in Santa Fe, Saturday speakers all day, Sunday in Los Alamos. Paul Chacho Trial: DA […]
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July 15th GA Minutes
16 people present Sean- facilitator Monica- note taker National Gathering Report Maria Early on in the event Anarchist and young folks were thrown under the bus by more conservative occupiers. The event itself was kicked out of the National Independence Mall and then also the Washington Square park. Eventually they moved to another park Franklin […]
June 21st Minutes
(un)Occupy Albuquerque General Assembly June 21, 2012 Cisco visiting from Occupy San Diego Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations start July 2 in San Diego Teachers in Chicago poised to go on strike and asked for statements of support from local teachers’ unions Amalia is looking for information about Pueblo treaty or treaties about Los Alamos about use […]
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GA Minutes – Sunday, June 17, 2012
(un)Occupy Albuquerque General Assembly 6.17.12 Facilitator/Notetaker: Sayrah 1. Report back from Pots & Pans Potluck Parade Approx. 70 people from Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Espanola, Los Lunas and Taos welcomed the Occupy Caravan on their way to the national gathering in Philadelphia. There was great New Mexican food. A soapbox was set up for people to […]
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Why (un)Occupy?
Because you can't solve wealth inequality without addressing racism, colonization, and injustice.